Projects and case studies

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  • Reviewing the effectiveness of ‘work first’ employment support

    Review of evidence of effectiveness of different approaches to 'work first' activation policies, to try to inform future delivery of UK employment services. Project will comprise a rapid review of evaluations of ‘work first’ interventions,...

  • Developing an Inclusive Growth Strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham

    IES is working in partnership with CAG Consultants to deliver research and a policy review to underpin the development of an Inclusive Growth Strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham.IES is providing expert insight on education, skill and...

  • Greater London Authority

    The GLA wishes to understand the scale and nature of mental health needs in its FE student population. This is a much under-researched area, althought evidence from earlier and later phases of education suggest these needs require...

  • Developing a Work Instability Scale for anxiety and depression

    This project involves developing a dedicated screening tool (self-report questionnaire) specifically designed to recognise and support employees at risk of job absence or loss as a result of anxiety and depression.This questionnaire, similar to...

  • Evaluation of Disability Programmes, Northern Ireland

    IES with Locus will conduct an evaluation of the Department for Communities’ disability employment programmes.The study consists of: a desk review of business cases and previous evaluations, developing theories of change for six programmes,...

  • Evidence review: Supporting unemployed and disadvantaged young people into and towards meaningful work

    IES will deliver an evidence-based assessment of ‘what works’ in tackling youth worklessness amongst those young people most distant from the labour market who face multiple disadvantages. This will include an assessment of the strength of...

  • Planning and preparing for later life

    In partnership with Natcen and the Pensions Policy Institute, we are designing, delivering and analysing a new household survey with people aged 40 to 74 to explore planning and preparing for later life.The survey will explore how individual...

  • Feasibility study - planning and preparing for later life

    IES supported Natcen and the Pensions Policy Institute in undertaking a feasibility study for a survey of planning and preparing for later life for the Department for Work and Pensions.IES contributed to scoping the employment issues to be covered...

  • Progression in Employment

    Progression in Employment is a two-year research project led by IES and supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation through its global New Skills at Work initiative. The project focuses on employer practice enabling low-skilled workers to achieve...

  • Teachers' and leaders' views on the pay framework: a review

    In 2014/15 the Department for Education (DfE) implemented significant reforms to the pay framework for teachers, with the aim of introducing a more flexible performance- based structure.  In May 2018 the DfE commissioned IES to collect views...